Contiguous intra-band carrier aggregation (CA), PUCCH, and quasi-contiguous uplink resource allocation
US9426785B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L5/003
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for allocating quasi-contiguous uplink data resources for a user device is provided. Transmission of data comprise at least two data clusters of sub carriers expanding over gaps reserved for uplink control channel in order, for example, to mitigate transmission power reductions due to multi-cluster transmission.
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